VORTEX2 2010

I returned to navigate DOW7 for the second year of the VORTEX2 project from May 1 - June 17, 2010. The weather was much more active than in 2009, so there are many more photos here, although I was unable to capture a quality photo on some chase days. Highlights include impressive sunsets and mammatus in mid May and photogenic tornadoes on May 25 and June 10.

Pop's Shelf Cloud

After a frustrating pursuit east of Kingfisher, OK, in which we were caught in chaser traffic moving the same speed as the storm, precluding us from getting ahead of it to collect scientific data, we, um, intercepted a weak tornado south of Cimarron City. Afterward, we continued to follow the storm southeast to near Arcadia and the Route 66 landmark Pop's. As seen by this shelf cloud, the storm had gone outflow dominant and the mission was called off. Taken May 19, 2010.